“Directors and creative teams are pushing the emotional and technical capabilities of 3D to new heights, from China, Japan, the UK, throughout the EU, Russia, and India”

Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel Studios/Stereo D) won for Best Live Action 3D Feature while Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Prime Focus World/Weinstein) won for Stereography – Live Action. 300: Rise of an Empire (Warner Bros./Gener8) won for Best 2D to 3D Conversion and X-Men: Days of Future Past (20th Century Fox/Stereo D) was awarded Best 3D Sequence/Scene of the Year.The Lego Movie (Warner Bros) was honored for Best Animated 3D Feature and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation) was awarded a Lumiere™ for Best Stereography – Animation.

Sky, Atlantic Productions and David Attenborough were honored with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for education and distinguished achievement in 3D storytelling. Directors James Gunn, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dean Deblois, along with producers and production executives from Hollywood and more than a dozen countries, were in attendance, including: China, India, Taiwan, Japan, the U.K., France, Germany, Belgium, and Canada.

Jason Brenek of The Walt Disney Company was presented with the Society’s first ever Founders Award for his role in creating the organization in 2009.

“From Hollywood blockbusters to World War II documentaries to live opera broadcasts, we have never before seen 3D used to excite audiences at this level and quality,” said Society President Jim Chabin. “Directors and creative teams are pushing the emotional and technical capabilities of 3D to new heights, from China, Japan, the UK, throughout the EU, Russia, and India,” he added. “3D is now a standard, powerful creative tool and this bodes well for creative teams and 3D box office revenues in 2015.”

“This year saw 4K production enter the marketplace with Netflix's ‘House of Cards,’ and concert productions from Japan,” said Society Awards Chairman Buzz Hays. “With emerging high dynamic range, high frame rate technologies and 4K TV's coming to market, content creators have incredible new platforms on which to tell their stories,” he added. “From live action to animated, to concert movies and documentaries, we saw a vigorous worldwide production community at its best.”

The International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society was founded by our industry's creative stakeholders, including The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, DreamWorks Animation (DWA), Sony, Paramount, IMAX, Dolby, Panasonic, MasterImage and others to advance the creative arts and sciences of the advanced imaging industry, including: stereoscopic 3D, autostereo, 4K, UHD, High Dynamic Range, Enhanced Dynamic Range and more. With chapters in the U.S., China, Japan, Canada, the E.U. and the U.K., the organization has more than 1,800 professional members in over 20 countries active in improving the arts and technologies of 3D & Advanced Imaging. The organization hosts professional education seminars and awards throughout the world. More info is at www.international3dsociety.com.